When everyone who had followed Jesus watched Him suffer and die, they thought their hope had been crucified with Him. But now, looking at it in hindsight, we know our hope did not die at Calvary. No; at the darkest moment of all, when defeat seemed certain, God was sealing our hope, enthroning it for all eternity in His Son. As people living in the light of His resurrection, in Him lies our gospel hope, sufficient, enough, for life. #JoyInChristTogether #GospelForLife

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Afraid Yet Filled with Joy: Gospel Hope for Life (Matt. 28:1-10)

God uses David’s kingship to teach the people of Israel what a king should really be and to prepare them for the coming of a king after his own heart. == Continue to marvel at the God we worship as we journey through His story, spanning Genesis to Revelation, for all of us to look into God’s plan across the ages. #TheStoryOfScripture

The One Who Shepherds: God and His Covenant with David (2 Sam. 7:1-16)

The victory is won, and it is total. The people of Israel are free, Egypt is utterly defeated, and just as God promised earlier, Israel has even plundered the Egyptians as they left. But it is not time for celebration just yet. God takes steps to make sure his people will never forget, from generation to generation, what he has done to save them. = Continue to marvel at the God we worship as we journey through His story, spanning Genesis to Revelation, for all of us to look into God’s plan across the ages. #TheStoryOfScripture

The One Who Delivers: God and His Covenant with Moses (Ex. 19)

God promises Abram that he will make him a great nation and that ultimately all the families of the earth will be blessed because of him. Exactly what this means is not clear at this point of history, but it is undeniably good news. What fallen humanity deserves is judgment and wrath, but what God promises is blessing. This is what it means when we speak of God's mercy & grace. = Continue to marvel at the God we worship as we journey through His story, spanning Genesis to Revelation, for all of us to look into God’s plan across the ages. #TheStoryOfScripture

The One Who Sovereignly Saves: God and His Covenant with Abraham (Gen. 15:1-17)

Humanity is to have a new start. God even promises that he will never again destroy the world with a flood, giving Noah a sign to remind him of that promise—a bow in the heavens whose arrow would be pointed not at the earth but into heaven itself, at God’s own heart. = Continue to marvel at the God we worship as we journey through His story, spanning Genesis to Revelation, for all of us to look into God’s plan across the ages. #TheStoryOfScripture

The One Who Keeps His Word: God and His Covenant with Noah (Gen. 8:20-22; 9:1-17)

Adam and Eve disobeyed God, cast off his authority, and threw themselves and the world into open rebellion by their sin & blame-shifting when God showed up and asked them what they have done. And just as God had warned them, the results are catastrophic. Still, there is hope. Here we find the first reference to the gospel, the "protoevangelium", in Genesis 3:15 when God declared upon the serpent: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” = Continue to marvel at the God we worship as we journey through His story, spanning Genesis to Revelation, for all of us to look into God’s plan across the ages. #TheStoryOfScripture

What Went Wrong?: Sin and the Fall (Gen. 3)

Even before man was even brought into existence, before the foundations of the world was set, all that will some take is already set into place. (Titus 1:2, Eph. 1:4) = Continue to marvel at the God we worship as we journey through His story, spanning Genesis to Revelation, for all of us to look into God’s plan across the ages. #TheStoryOfScripture

Before the Beginning: God's Plan from Eternity Past

Join us as we conclude our #RevelationSeries and look into Revelation 21-22, as we altogether celebrate 27 years of #JoyInChristTogether. Note: Video records are available via Facebook (fb.com/JoyInChristChurch) and YouTube (bit.ly/JoyInChristYouTube) #RevelationSeries #JoyInChristTogether

Christ, His Church, Our Home, and What Matters at the End (Rev. 21-22)

"The eternal capital city of heaven, the New Jerusalem, will be a place of indescribable, unimaginable beauty... But the most glorious reality of all will be that sinful rebels will be made righteous, enjoy intimate fellowship with the Lamb, serve Him, and reign with Him forever in sheer joy and incessant praise." - John MacArthur, on Revelation 21 Join us as we continue in our #RevelationSeries and look into Revelation 21. Note: Video records are available via Facebook (fb.com/JoyInChristChurch) and YouTube (bit.ly/JoyInChristYouTube) #RevelationSeries #JoyInChristTogether

The New Heavens & the New Earth (Rev. 21)

Join us as we continue in our #RevelationSeries and look into Revelation 20:11-15. Note: Video records are available via Facebook (fb.com/JoyInChristChurch) and YouTube (bit.ly/JoyInChristYouTube) #RevelationSeries #JoyInChristTogether

Before The Great White Throne (Rev. 20:11-15)

Join us as we continue in our #RevelationSeries and look into Revelation 20:1-10. Note: Video records are available via Facebook (fb.com/JoyInChristChurch) and YouTube (bit.ly/JoyInChristYouTube) #RevelationSeries #JoyInChristTogether

The Millennial Kingdom (Rev. 20:1-10)

"[Worship] is what the whole book of Revelation is about. That’s the point of all God’s judgments, all God’s dealings with the world. All God’s plans for history from beginning to end have this one goal—WORSHIP GOD! Our worship is an open declaration to all the powers of heaven and to all the world that we will not prostitute our minds or our hearts or our bodies to the pleasures of the world. Though we may live in Babylon, we will not be captive to Babylonian ways. And we will celebrate with all our might the awesome truth that we are free from that which will be destroyed!" // John Piper, on Revelation 19 Join us as we continue in our #RevelationSeries and look into Revelation 19. Note: Video records are available via Facebook (fb.com/JoyInChristChurch) and YouTube (bit.ly/JoyInChristYouTube) #RevelationSeries #JoyInChristTogether

The Hallelujah Chorus in Heaven (Rev. 19)

Join us as we continue in our #RevelationSeries and look into Revelation 18. Note: Video records are available via Facebook (fb.com/JoyInChristChurch) and YouTube (bit.ly/JoyInChristYouTube) #RevelationSeries #JoyInChristTogether

The Destruction of the City of Babylon (Rev. 18)

Join us as we continue in our #RevelationSeries and look into Revelation 17. Note: Video records are available via Facebook (fb.com/JoyInChristChurch) and YouTube (bit.ly/JoyInChristYouTube) #RevelationSeries #JoyInChristTogether

Babylon: The World-Culture at War with God (Rev. 17)

We have seen across Scripture that there are two sides to God’s judgment. On the one hand, those who believe in Christ Jesus and in His promises receive divine favor, which leads to life. On the other, when the Lord judges His creation, impenitent sinners receive their just consequence for violating our God's holiness — the fury of His wrath. The Lord is patiently enduring the presence of sin, waiting for us to come to repentance and believe through faith in Christ. But also, final judgment is surely coming, and nothing can stand in the way of Him who will make all things new. Join us as we continue in our #RevelationSeries and look into Revelation 16. Note: Video records are available via Facebook (fb.com/JoyInChristChurch) and YouTube (bit.ly/JoyInChristYouTube) #RevelationSeries #JoyInChristTogether

The Seven Bowl Judgments (Rev. 16)

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